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-an as in

fan

Mary Elizabeth Salzmann

Consulting Editor Monica Marx, M.A./Reading Specialist

-an as in

fan

Edina, Minnesota 55435.

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Credits

Edited by: Pam Price

Curriculum Coordinator: Nancy Tuminelly

Cover and Interior Design and Production: Mighty Media

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Salzmann, Mary Elizabeth,

1968 An as in fan / Mary Elizabeth Salzmann

p cm (Word families Set I)

Summary: Introduces, in brief text and illustrations, the use of the letter combination

“an” in such words as “fan,” “pan,” “man,” and “plan.”

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-an Words

bran can

fan man

pan van

Bran muffins and juice make a good breakfast.

Fran waters the garden

Jan has a fan in each hand.

Dan’s teacher is a man

Nan cooks meat and

The family will buy a

There once was

a boy named Stan.

Stan Had

a Plan

Stan wanted to be

a big, strong man.

So Stan came up with a plan.

Stan’s Man Plan

For breakfast he had cereal with bran.

For lunch he ate

fruits and veggies

straight from the can.

Stan’s dinner was steak, fried in a pan.

Exercise was also part of Stan’s plan.

Every day he biked

and he ran.

But Stan still wasn’t a man.

So Stan asked for advice from his gran.

Gran said, “Stan, only time can make you a man.”

“But while you’re a boy and when you’re a man, I will

always be your biggest fan.”

I

♥

STAN

The -an Word Family

advice an opinion given about

what someone should do bran the outer covering of

wheat or other grains, often used in cereal and muffins

cereal a food made from grain

that you eat with milk exercise an activity you do to

keep your body healthy and fit

plan an idea about how

you are going to do something

Glossary

Some of the words in this list may have more

than one meaning The meaning listed here

reflects the way the word is used in the book.